JPH038117B2 - - Google Patents

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JPH038117B2
JPH038117B2 JP57104077A JP10407782A JPH038117B2 JP H038117 B2 JPH038117 B2 JP H038117B2 JP 57104077 A JP57104077 A JP 57104077A JP 10407782 A JP10407782 A JP 10407782A JP H038117 B2 JPH038117 B2 JP H038117B2
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gallium arsenide
indium phosphide
semiconductor device
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JP57104077A
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JPS582077A (ja
Inventor
Rosu Fuoresuto Sutehen
Otsukuukiikimu
Guranto Sumisu Richaado
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AT&T Corp
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AT&T Technologies Inc
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Publication of JPS582077A publication Critical patent/JPS582077A/ja
Publication of JPH038117B2 publication Critical patent/JPH038117B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/08Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors
    • H01L31/10Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors characterised by potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H01L31/101Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H01L31/102Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier
    • H01L31/107Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes
    • H01L31/1075Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by only one potential barrier the potential barrier working in avalanche mode, e.g. avalanche photodiodes in which the active layers, e.g. absorption or multiplication layers, form an heterostructure, e.g. SAM structure

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
JP57104077A 1981-06-19 1982-06-18 半導体デバイス Granted JPS582077A (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US275346 1981-06-19
US06/275,346 US4473835A (en) 1981-06-19 1981-06-19 Long wavelength avalanche photodetector

Publications (2)

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JPS582077A JPS582077A (ja) 1983-01-07
JPH038117B2 true JPH038117B2 (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png) 1991-02-05

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JP57104077A Granted JPS582077A (ja) 1981-06-19 1982-06-18 半導体デバイス

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US (1) US4473835A (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png)
JP (1) JPS582077A (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png)
DE (1) DE3222848A1 (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png)
FR (1) FR2508235B1 (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png)
GB (1) GB2100928B (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png)

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JPS5736878A (en) * 1980-08-18 1982-02-27 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd <Kdd> Semiconductor photodetector
JPS5861679A (ja) * 1981-10-07 1983-04-12 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd <Kdd> 量子井戸層付アバランシ・ホトダイオ−ド
JPS5984589A (ja) * 1982-11-08 1984-05-16 Fujitsu Ltd アバランシフオトダイオード
US4631566A (en) * 1983-08-22 1986-12-23 At&T Bell Laboratories Long wavelength avalanche photodetector
CA1228663A (en) * 1984-04-10 1987-10-27 Paul P. Webb Photodetector with isolated avalanche region
CA1228662A (en) * 1984-04-10 1987-10-27 Paul P. Webb Double mesa avalanche photodetector
US4586066A (en) * 1984-04-10 1986-04-29 Rca Inc. Avalanche photodetector
CA1228661A (en) * 1984-04-10 1987-10-27 Rca Inc. Avalanche photodetector
US4597004A (en) * 1985-03-04 1986-06-24 Rca Corporation Photodetector
US5051804A (en) * 1989-12-01 1991-09-24 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Photodetector having high speed and sensitivity
US10032950B2 (en) 2016-02-22 2018-07-24 University Of Virginia Patent Foundation AllnAsSb avalanche photodiode and related method thereof
US12074243B1 (en) 2023-08-24 2024-08-27 Amplification Technologies, Corp. Method for fabricating high-sensitivity photodetectors

Citations (1)

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JPS5643781A (en) * 1979-09-17 1981-04-22 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Semiconductor photodetecting element

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US3995303A (en) * 1975-06-05 1976-11-30 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Growth and operation of a step-graded ternary III-V heterojunction p-n diode photodetector
US4122476A (en) * 1976-11-22 1978-10-24 International Business Machines Corporation Semiconductor heterostructure
US4144540A (en) * 1978-02-06 1979-03-13 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Tunable infrared detector with narrow bandwidth
US4353081A (en) * 1980-01-29 1982-10-05 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Graded bandgap rectifying semiconductor devices
US4383269A (en) * 1980-09-19 1983-05-10 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Graded bandgap photodetector

Patent Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5643781A (en) * 1979-09-17 1981-04-22 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Semiconductor photodetecting element

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DE3222848A1 (de) 1982-12-30
US4473835A (en) 1984-09-25
FR2508235B1 (fr) 1985-12-13
GB2100928A (en) 1983-01-06
FR2508235A1 (fr) 1982-12-24
JPS582077A (ja) 1983-01-07
DE3222848C2 (US07608600-20091027-C00054.png) 1988-03-31
GB2100928B (en) 1985-01-03

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